Got harmony before going down. Interesting lesson. Analysis next. Heard Miss Wade play concerto, beautifully. Felt better about it after learning that she is a graduate of another school and a grad. here simply because she can't be a post grad until she graduates from here. Tin and I met Mary at Orchestra Hall to hear Minn. Symphony. Perfectly wonderful. Mary home for all night. Terrific explosion during concert - Kenosha.
IN RITA'S DAY: The following is a news story from the day.
Pleasant Prairie, Wis., March 9. -- The powder magazines of the Dupont-Nemours Powder company containing 180 tons of finished black powder and dynamite exploded at the plant of the company, one mile northwest of here tonight. One man E. S. THOMPSON, a foreman is known to be dead. MISS ALICE PINCH of Elgin, Ills., dropped dead of heart disease caused by fright. 350 people were injured; several hundred houses in this place were blown completely down or were so badly damaged as to be uninhabitable and buildings ten miles away were badly wrecked.
The property loss will reach over a million and a half. Chicago was shaken from its most western suburbs to the shore of the lake. The belief that an earthquake had been experienced was almost universal. Windows were shattered and houses shaken throughout Chicago's length.
TODAY:
The explosion actually occurred in a suburb of Kenosha called Pleasant Prairie. Today the LakeView Corporate Park provides jobs for thousands of workers in Pleasant Prairie. Many businesses, like Jelly Belly, rent space in the ever-expanding development.
Judy's Entry: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Got e-mail from Jim. They will land in Newark at 11am Sunday and come right here. Mom and I started to plan what my husband always called "a spread." More red tape involved in the mortgage for my daughter's home. Have to go to the bank tomorrow morning, so baked a cake for MJ tomorrow and showered and washed hair tonight..
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